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 Thomas Quinn, who had been the county's first assistant district
attorney, was promoted to acting district attorney, succeeding Sam
Sutter, who resigned after being elected mayor of Fall River,
Massachusetts, Patrick said.
"I am making this appointment now to assure the stability of the
critical work of the office and fully respect the authority of the
incoming Governor to make his own appointment in due course," said
Patrick, a Democrat, who will pass the reins to Republican Charlie
Baker on Jan. 8.
Quinn, a 16-year-veteran of the office, steps into its top job a
week before jury selection is due to begin for the murder trail of
Hernandez, who had been a rising star in the NFL with a $40 million
contract when he was arrested in June 2013 and charged with killing
semiprofessional football player Odin Lloyd.
He is due to face trial on that charge and related firearms charges
at a proceeding to begin in state court in Fall River this month.
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Hernandez, who has pleaded not guilty, has also been charged with
shooting two men to death outside a Boston nightclub in 2012 after a
dispute about a mixed drink. He will face a separate trial on those
charges in Boston later this year.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; editing by Andrew Hay)
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